In einer konzertanten Aufführung hat sich The English Concert unter der Leitung von Harry Bicket in der Elbphilharmonie der Händeloper gewidmet und bot mit einem Sänger-Ensemble eine rasante und gefühlsbetonte Barockoper der Spitzenklasse.
Anna Maria della Pietà may not be the most celebrated violinists in history, but she inspired Antonio Vivaldi to write some of his finest concertos, two of which were heard in this tribute to three of the Red Priest's muses.
Prina y Genaux prescindieron del estereotipado duelo de divas y procuraron una interpretación donde las jerarquías cedieron impulso frente al contenido y a la expresión musical y con el brillantemente respaldadas por Europa Galante
Bajo la batuta de Xian Zhang y acompañados por Sabina Puértolas, Sonia Prina, Matthias Stier y Christian Senn, la Orquestra y el Coro Nacional de España recibían las Navidades interpretando el Messiah de Händel en el Auditorio Nacional de Madrid.
Renzetti's traditional rendition does not reveal yet unprecedented details of a score that is the summation of Verdi's mastery and his last work – his third based on Shakespeare.
Not a particularly revealing Falstaff, but a pleasing performance though. Maybe one would have expected something of greater impact from a festival like this one, but that goal had already accomplished by Graham Vick with his Stiffelio the night before...
Sérénade oubliée, la Seine en fête de Vivaldi (La Senna Festeggiante, RV 694) a fait un retour en France cette semaine, plus précisément à Rouen. La Chapelle Corneille a redécouvert cette œuvre peu donnée grâce à l’ensemble B'Rock – Baroque Orchestra Gent et ses trois solistes vocaux.
Richard Jones creates forceful theatre by staging Ariodante as a tale of shaming and abuse. Andrea Marcon conducts an accomplished cast and the first-class Concerto Köln.
Interesting rediscovery of Veracini's first opera, composed for mythical castrati Senesino and Farinelly, and brought to life again by Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante.
Conductor Alan Curtis and musicologist Alessandro Ciccolini have successfully restored Vivaldi's opera Catone in Utica, and they brought it to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris with a star performance from mezzo Ann Hallenberg.
“A revival of a revival of a revival” might describe Handel’s practice of reviving his own works. This highly acclaimed revival production of Handel's Xerxes received it best performance to date with a star-studded cast.Xerxes tells the tale of two brothers, Xerxes and Arsamenes, both competing for the same bride – Romilda.
London audiences had never seen anything quite like it. Fireworks, fountains and live sparrows were just a few of the special effects livening up the premiere of Handel's Rinaldo way back in 1711, prompting the Spectator's critic to compare it sniffily to a Punch and Judy show. Fast forward two hundred years, and you might wonder if there's been any progress.
